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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Hollywood Regency
Late 19th Century "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case.
Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone, Wood
Smoking Set, brass and wood ashtrays, lighter and cigars box, Italy 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Smoking set, brass and wood ashtrays, lighter and cigars box
Italy, 1970
burl wood and brass
Measures: 2 ashtrays: H 3.5 x 19 x 19 cm
Table Lighter: H 8.5 x 6 x 6 cm
C...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Early-20th Century French Pull along papier Mache figure
Located in London, GB
Early-20th Century French Pull along papier Mache figure
A very quirky hand-crafted example of an early-20th Century papier Mache French pull along figure. Securely stood on a pine b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Early Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th C. English Carved Mahogany Jewelry Box in the Form of a Miniature Dresser
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very unusual and handsome English carved mahogany Gentlemens jewelry box in the form of a miniature dresser, the upper section with an upward slidi...
Category
1870s English Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Victrola Victor Talking Machine Oak Case Record Player Model VV-IX-252347G
By Victor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Victrola Victor Talking Machine Oak Case Record Player Model VV-IX-252347G. Item features a beautiful oak wood case, model VV-IX-252347G, very nice antique item. Circa Early 1900s. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
19th Century Cast Iron Book Press by Army and Navy Csl
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century cast iron book press by army and navy csl circa 1890.
Fine quality book press by army & navy c.S.L . Army and navy co-operative soci...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Victorian Brass & Scottish Agate Postal Scale & Weights, Circa 1865-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Victorian Brass and Scottish Agate Postal scale with Weights, Circa 1865-1870.
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Brass
Batman: the Official Book of the Movie by John Marriott Hardcover, 1989
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Batman: The Official Book of the Movie by John Marriott Hardcover.
Collectible book, reprint hardcover edition, 1989.
This book is absolutely must-have for every fan of Batman. Fantastic pictures and a lot of fun information to know. Could be a bit longer but works as it is as a piece of history.
This may be the best Batman film out there. We have Michael Keaton...
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English H. Barnascone Sheffield Oak Barometer
Located in New York, NY
English carved oak barometer with silvered metal dial signed "H. Barnascone - Sheffield", circa late nineteenth century or later.
Dimensions: 44" H x 16" W x 3" D.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Book Binder's Press by Robert Ritchie of Edinburgh
Located in London, GB
A 19th century nipping or copying press by Robert Ritchie of Edinburgh.
Marked: PATENT ROBERT RITCHIE EDINBURGH.
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
President William McKinley as Napoleon ' Small' Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
President William McKinley as Napoleon ' Small' Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore
Made by Columbian Art Pottery / Morris and Willmore of Trenton, New Jersey
This model was made in size...
Category
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Antique Victorian Quality Carved Oak Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality carved oak banjo barometer having a quality carved oak shaped case with a brass bezel, porcelain dial with original hands and a thermometer
An attractiv...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Austrian Bronze Mortar and Pestle, Original Patina, Pharmacy or Herbalist
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Offered is a beautiful antique solid brass mortar and pestle set. The mortar has a cylindrical shape with a flared mouth and two angular handles at the sides. The baton-shaped pestle...
Category
1920s Austrian Hollywood Regency Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fine Taxidermy Birdcage 'Orchestra No1' by Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
A huge 19th Century French Birdcage with a composition of nineteen Fine Taxidermy birds. We can imagine this being an amazing orchestra of beautiful tunes. Among the musicians are a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
President William McKinley as Napoleon Large Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
President William McKinley as Napoleon Large Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore
Made by Columbian Art Pottery / Morris and Willmore of Trenton, New Jersey
This ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
3 Volume Antique 1849 Leather Book Set the French Revolutions Redhead
Located in Dayton, OH
"Three volume set of mid 19th century hard cover books featuring marbled boards / page edges and leather spines.
- 1848 / 1849 – The French Revolutions...
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Pair of Victorian Antique Brass Scales
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of Victorian antique brass scales standing on a mahogany base. A brass centre column having a shaped arm to the left holding a removable brass...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Pool Scoreboard and 2 Prints Palmer & Sons-Joe Davis
Located in London, GB
This is an excellent antique mahogany pool scoreboard by Palmer & Sons, London late 19th century in date.
This is one of the best examples of a pool scoreboard, with nine slides and a moulded pediment above the maker's label:
PALMER & SONS, 111, HIGH STREET, BORO', LONDON
Together with two prints in oak frames,
THE RULES OF POOL
&
THE RULES OF PYRAMID POOL,
Burroughes & Watts, London.
Provenance:
Sotheby's Belgravia sale on 6th December 1979 of
World Champion Billiards/Snooker player 'Joe Davis'
This is a fun piece which is sure to attract a lot of attention from your guests and be a welcome addition to any games room..
THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION.
Condition:
In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 65 x width 44 x depth 9 - scoreboard
Height 58 x width 41 x depth 2.5 - print with frame
Dimensions in inches:
Height 25.6 x width 17.3 x depth 3.5 - scoreboard
Height 22.8 x width 16.1 x depth 1.0 - print with frame
Burroughes & Watts, London -
firm, which would become one of the most famous of the English billiard table manufacturers, was founded in 1836 by William Burroughes in partnership with F. Watts. William had learnt his trade with Thurston's, and set up his new business at 19 Soho Square, London. He brought with him from Thurston's all the latest innovations for billiard tables, immediately starting to produce models with rubber cushions and slate beds. Even though the natural rubber cushions would give extremes of elasticity according to temperature, and the slates where only an inch thick, this was to be the future of billiard tables, and Burroughes and Watts were at the forefront from the very beginning.
They were quickly recognised as a world-class manufacturer and received a prize medal for a table entered for the Great Exhibition of 1851, with a similar award being received at the subsequent London Exhibition of 1862.
In 1860 they were making a modest 150 full-sized tables a year, but by the end of this decade production had doubled. In 1869 they followed the lead of Thurston's and improved their cushions with "vulcanised" rubber, which were designed to minimise the effect of temperature variations.
The business now looked for expansion away from London, and in the early 1870's they opened up branches in Dublin and Belfast. At this time most tables in Ireland were made with cast iron frames, and the wooden framed Burroughes & Watts tables proved popular with the locals.
In 1873 the company secured a major contract for billiard tables to "Her Majesty's War Department and Admiralty" and around the same time received the warrant of Queen Victorian and Edward, Prince of Wales.
The following year, the champion, William Cook...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
19th Century Victorian Knife Sharpener, George Kent, London, circa 1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Victorian knife sharpening and cleaning machine, manufactured by Kent's of London England. The machine consists of two whetstones in a solid oak casing with a he...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
16th Century in Style, Victorian Country House Suit of Armour Sculpture
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative and imposing country house Victorian suit off armour, in the 16th century style.
Later mounted on a ebonised plinth with internal wooden skeleton for support and velv...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Original Antique Map of Missouri, 1889
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Missouri
Drawn and Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston
Published By A & C Black, Edinburgh.
Original colour
Unframed.
Category
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Ornately Cast Gilt Bronze Russian Orthodox Christian Cross or Crucifix
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Ornately Cast Gilt Bronze Russian Orthodox Christian Cross or Crucifix
Late 19th/Early 20th C, Russian or the Ukraine
A finely c...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Antique Lorgnettes Pendant Spectacles in Silver by Georg Unite & Sons Birmingham
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Hand engraved pair of lorgnettes - hand-held compact spectacles in the shape of a necklace pendant. Made by Birmingham silversmithy Georg Unite and Sons circa 1880-1915. Fully hallma...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1927, Entomology Collection of Fourteen Morpho Didius Butterfly Specimens
Located in Downham Market, GB
A beautiful collection of Morpho Didius butterflies specimens.
A wonderful entomology collection of fourteen vivid blue Morpho butterflies in their...
Category
1920s British Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
Fine Taxidermy Duyvenbode's Lory by Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The Duyvenbode’s Lory (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei) is found in northern New Guinea. Named after Maarten Dirk van Renesse van Duivenbode (June 2, 1804 – March 31, 1878) who was a Dutch merchant, trader of bird skins for fashion and naturalia. The colour palette of this bird is very special. Almost bronze like. A great match with the antique velvet base.
Note: All animals used for their work came from captivity and died on natural causes. No animals are raised or killed for their work.
The works of Dutch Artists Sinke and van Tongeren are inspired by golden age old master painters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
Antique English Polished Brass Counter / Desk Bell c.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and highly decorative desk or counter bell, my favourite kind with the more unusual clapper to the side rather than the ones you ring from the top. The hinged clapper is ...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1900s Stielers Hand Atlas 100 Maps
Located in Seguin, TX
Stielers Hand Atlas, Gotha: Justus Perthes, Germany, circa 1905. Linen covered wood box containing 100 folded individual loose leaf maps of the world, text in german. Box made to loo...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Victorian 'Gimbal' Sterling Silver Cigar Lighter with Impala Horn Handle, 1899
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by Joseph Braham, this stylish, Antique Sterling Silver Cigar Lighter, features an Impala horn handle, and works on a gimba...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl Ladies' Walking Stick, 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl Ladies' Walking Stick
Offered for sale is a late 19th-century ladies' silver-handled walking stick surrounded with panels of Mother of Pea...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Interior Visions Great American Designers by Chris Casson Madden Hardcover 1988
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Interior Visions: Great American Designers and the Showcase House is a beautif and inspiring book that showcases the interiors of some of America's greatest designers. The book is or...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Victorian Walnut & Brass Card Games Box, c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th Century Victorian walnut cased games compendium. The box itself is protected by a lock and key, the lid applied with decorative brass playing cards, surrounded by c...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Victorian Two Rifle Rack / Wall-Mounted Gun Display Rack with Box
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and large Victorian rifle rack with width open box at the bottom.
This highly decorative and good condition gun rack for wall mounting could look great above your fireplace, but also in a private library, home office or trophy room etc. The beautifully patinated, light nutwood combined with the four strong and all handcrafted brass weapon holders make this victorian antique hunting piece an impressive sight to see. If you are not into hunting, but you simply love the great look of this finest quality rack then you could also use this stylish antique for various other purposes. You could, for example, also have rare swords...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Era Walnut Chess Table, Circa 1885
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century English Victorian era walnut chess table, circa 1885.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Naturalistic Life Size Mounted Premier Quality Mountain Goat
Located in New York, NY
This breathtaking taxidermy specimen features a naturalistic, life-sized Mountain Goat, expertly mounted in premier quality. The Mountain Goat is a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fur, Leather
19th Century Miniature Wellington Chest, England
By Wellington
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful miniature Wellington chest of drawers. Warm Mahogany color.
All four drawers are locked by the hinged side pilaster on the right, term...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Carved Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian burr walnut carved banjo barometer having a quality burr walnut carved shaped case with a 10 inch silvered engraved dial, original hands, thermometer and a ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Oversized New York City Lower Manhattan 1840s Map Print
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage late 20th century reproduction print of New York City featuring lower Manhattan in 1840.
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Silvered Sea Shell Triumphant Star
Located in New York, NY
Triumphant star silvered shell 2". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has been ...
Category
2010s Italian Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Antique Apprentice Piece Miniature Pitch Pine Cabinet 1880
Located in London, GB
People like to use the term ‘apprentice pieces’ when referring to small pieces of miniature furniture,but more often than not this isn’t the case. But...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
1930s Cased Taxidermy Buzzard Bird of Prey Raptor Museum Cabinet Natural History
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A magnificent 1930s taxidermy specimen of a Common buzzard with outstretched wings in a large ebonized museum cabinet. This bird has been cleve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Slate
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Boar Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta case modelled in the form of a boar; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case has been realistically modelled in the form of a boar.
This impressive antique vesta case...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Articulated Pull Along Dog Toy
Located in London, GB
19th century articulated pull along dog toy
A wonderful example of a late 19th Century articulated pull along dog, constructed from pine and metal hinged body with painted detail surface. Original fabric canvas ears still intact as is its full chain. Glass eyes and red wooden wheels give this rare toy a wonderful quirky and decorative look, when pulled along the dog wiggles from side to side, a real bit of fun.
Dimensions in inches: H 14 x D 20 x W 7
Origin: English
circa: 1880 - 1920
Condition: Good
Completely solid in structure and form, aged surface as shown with a deep natural patina across all areas. A rare survivor so please expect this to be reflected in this items condition. The House of Antiques...
Category
1880s British Early Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Snooker or Billiard Scoring Board Superb Colour
Located in Radstock, GB
A mahogany framed billiards or snooker scoring board by Thurston of London circa 1895 with a shaped pediment.
A very nice cut of mahogany with boxwood slid...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Automaton of a Monkey under Glass Dome
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 19th century automaton of a monkey in 18th century style dress. Likely to be French, this piece shows all the hallmarks of J. Phalibois, one of the foremost makers of clockwork toys...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Silk
Early 20th century clockwork Automaton Diorama
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century clockwork Automaton Diorama
A truly wonderful example of an early 20th Century Dutch clockwork automaton diorama. The animation takes place after both clockwork me...
Category
1930s Dutch Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Quality Antique Victorian Brass Scales
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian brass scales having a quality set of brass scales with 2 circular brass pans standing on a brass tripod base
Quaint examples in...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Walnut Neoclassical Style Table Cabinet with Mirrored Interior and Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very well-detailed figured walnut table cabinet in the neoclassical taste with an elaborate metal filigree door opening to reveal a beveled mirror above 2 small drawers, surmounted...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut, Mirror
Antique French Lorgnette Binoculars or Opera Glasses in Brass & Mother of Pearl
By LeRoy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique lorgnette opera glasses were made by LeRoy of France in approximately 1880 in the period Victorian style. These bi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Billiard Snooker Scoring Cabinet Victorian
By George Wright of London
Located in Radstock, GB
A wonderful mahogany Billiards, Snooker & Life POOL combination scoring cabinet by George Wright of London, made circa 1895 with a very nice cut of mahogany a pediment top adorns thi...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Walnut Games Compendium, Cards & Board Games, C.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th century Victorian walnut cased games compendium, the interior comprising a chess set, draughts, dominoes, dice, cribbage board with markers, leather bound boards for games, playing cards, droughts counters, a dice shaker...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
A high Victorian burr walnut games box
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A high Victorian burr walnut games box, fitted for cribbage and bezique, also retaining its original ivory counters and beautiful gilt bronze cribbage board, with a brass plaque for ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
19th C Victorian Solid Silver & Antelope Horn Gimble Cigar Lighter, c.1895
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th century Victorian solid silver & horn mounted table "gimble" cigar lighter. The large Blackbuck antelope horn is mounted with a silver orb-shaped burner on gimble w...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 1901 Gold Handled Dandy Walking Stick, Monogrammed Date
Located in Miami, FL
Antique 1901 Gold Handled Dandy Walking Stick, Monogrammed Date
Offered for sale is an antique "Dandy" walking stick with a gold repousse cap that is engraved with the date of Sep...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Medal probably made for Belgian delegation to Geneva Exposition 1896
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This very detailed medal was probably made for the Belgian delegation to the Geneva Exposition of 1896, perhaps as a sample. Whilst the lettering around the perimeter on the obverse ...
Category
1890s French Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Antique Brass Fox Head Walking Stick, Glass Eyes, Scarf Ring
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Brass Fox Head Walking Stick, Glass Eyes, Glove Ring
Offered for sale is an antique Victorian brass fox-head walking stick with a brass glove ho...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Gilt and Painted Cast Iron English Victorian Royal Coat of Arms
Located in Stamford, CT
Finely cast armorial of the Royal Coat of Arms after Queen Victoria ascended to the thrown, cold painted with gilt and silver gilding. Very fine detailing showing the gold lion and s...
Category
Late 19th Century High Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
19th Century inlaid mahogany banjo barometer by L Casatelli of Liverpool
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century inlaid mahogany banjo barometer by L Casatelli of Liverpool, having an architectural top with a central brass finial, the shaped mahogany case having decorative shell in...
Category
1840s British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Iron Tassel Frame Pet Cat Dog Bed or Doll Bed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Iron Tassel Frame Pet Cat Dog Bed or Doll Bed. Item featured is a nice size for small pets or doll display, gold leaf gi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
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